Duncan Buchanan
@duncanbuch.bsky.social
Freight professional, worked on road, rail, air & sea for freight companies. Government department & trade body too.
Are you happy to exploit one group of people for the benefit of another group? Not right.
I am all for great public transport, including on demand services when needed, but they need to be funded & run properly.
Streetcars died because the world changed & govts thought there were cheaper ways.
I am all for great public transport, including on demand services when needed, but they need to be funded & run properly.
Streetcars died because the world changed & govts thought there were cheaper ways.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Are you happy to exploit one group of people for the benefit of another group? Not right.
I am all for great public transport, including on demand services when needed, but they need to be funded & run properly.
Streetcars died because the world changed & govts thought there were cheaper ways.
I am all for great public transport, including on demand services when needed, but they need to be funded & run properly.
Streetcars died because the world changed & govts thought there were cheaper ways.
Your general assumption that moving from big trucks to little trucks will reduce fuel use and pollution is wrong on many levels.
Consequences - more goods rehandling, more vehicles doing more miles depot to destination, more staff, more parking, more fuel use PER UNIT of cargo moved.
Consequences - more goods rehandling, more vehicles doing more miles depot to destination, more staff, more parking, more fuel use PER UNIT of cargo moved.
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Your general assumption that moving from big trucks to little trucks will reduce fuel use and pollution is wrong on many levels.
Consequences - more goods rehandling, more vehicles doing more miles depot to destination, more staff, more parking, more fuel use PER UNIT of cargo moved.
Consequences - more goods rehandling, more vehicles doing more miles depot to destination, more staff, more parking, more fuel use PER UNIT of cargo moved.
It is always horses for courses. People do use smaller trucks when suitable but end of the day collections/deliveries have to be made.
Using smaller trucks increases their number, adds pollution & congestion so its a idea to force.
Solution is to accept deliveries are needed & design for it.
Using smaller trucks increases their number, adds pollution & congestion so its a idea to force.
Solution is to accept deliveries are needed & design for it.
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
It is always horses for courses. People do use smaller trucks when suitable but end of the day collections/deliveries have to be made.
Using smaller trucks increases their number, adds pollution & congestion so its a idea to force.
Solution is to accept deliveries are needed & design for it.
Using smaller trucks increases their number, adds pollution & congestion so its a idea to force.
Solution is to accept deliveries are needed & design for it.
Some things can (& do) get delivered by cargo bikes. They have a role in urban deliveries. But the claim "in most cases" the goods could be hauled by cargo bike is nonsense. Its a fantasy to think that.
Some problems... the cargo bikes have to park somewhere, cost at scale, staffing numbers needed.
Some problems... the cargo bikes have to park somewhere, cost at scale, staffing numbers needed.
January 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Some things can (& do) get delivered by cargo bikes. They have a role in urban deliveries. But the claim "in most cases" the goods could be hauled by cargo bike is nonsense. Its a fantasy to think that.
Some problems... the cargo bikes have to park somewhere, cost at scale, staffing numbers needed.
Some problems... the cargo bikes have to park somewhere, cost at scale, staffing numbers needed.
But there would need to be more of them to move the same volume of good.
The solution is to make provision for collections and deliveries. Stuff still needs to be moved.
The solution is to make provision for collections and deliveries. Stuff still needs to be moved.
January 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
But there would need to be more of them to move the same volume of good.
The solution is to make provision for collections and deliveries. Stuff still needs to be moved.
The solution is to make provision for collections and deliveries. Stuff still needs to be moved.
If the only way to make it work is by exploiting workers with substandard working conditions then the service is non-viable.
January 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
If the only way to make it work is by exploiting workers with substandard working conditions then the service is non-viable.
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People just keep right on believing that if they appease, flatter, and grovel before Rump, he'll reward them even though he never, ever does.
Because he gets sick pleasure from humiliating others, no level of debasement is ever enough to satisfy him. He always needs more.
Because he gets sick pleasure from humiliating others, no level of debasement is ever enough to satisfy him. He always needs more.
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
People just keep right on believing that if they appease, flatter, and grovel before Rump, he'll reward them even though he never, ever does.
Because he gets sick pleasure from humiliating others, no level of debasement is ever enough to satisfy him. He always needs more.
Because he gets sick pleasure from humiliating others, no level of debasement is ever enough to satisfy him. He always needs more.
The Daily Mail is wrong on betrayal.
Most of us want a grown up co-operative relationship with our neighbours & to rub along together. A closer European relationship is a grown up decision of a sovereign nation.
It is time to evaluate EFTA/EEA as the foundation of future UK - European relations.
Most of us want a grown up co-operative relationship with our neighbours & to rub along together. A closer European relationship is a grown up decision of a sovereign nation.
It is time to evaluate EFTA/EEA as the foundation of future UK - European relations.
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The Daily Mail is wrong on betrayal.
Most of us want a grown up co-operative relationship with our neighbours & to rub along together. A closer European relationship is a grown up decision of a sovereign nation.
It is time to evaluate EFTA/EEA as the foundation of future UK - European relations.
Most of us want a grown up co-operative relationship with our neighbours & to rub along together. A closer European relationship is a grown up decision of a sovereign nation.
It is time to evaluate EFTA/EEA as the foundation of future UK - European relations.
He has got bored I think and is having a go now. Something that GB would never do...
January 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
He has got bored I think and is having a go now. Something that GB would never do...
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Stop pussy footing around the tech bros and demand, demand these things get fixed now. European politicians have been bluffed by the tech bro cabal and are sacrificing core societal values.
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Stop pussy footing around the tech bros and demand, demand these things get fixed now. European politicians have been bluffed by the tech bro cabal and are sacrificing core societal values.
The charging business has value (not fantastic, but ok) and as a brand has the best reputation on reliability and for fair pricing. The rest of the fast charging sector is a mush of providers with variable service quality and high prices. No one seems to be making big money.
January 6, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The charging business has value (not fantastic, but ok) and as a brand has the best reputation on reliability and for fair pricing. The rest of the fast charging sector is a mush of providers with variable service quality and high prices. No one seems to be making big money.
Not enough money in it given that anyone can set up charging networks. Too much competition from home charging too.
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Not enough money in it given that anyone can set up charging networks. Too much competition from home charging too.
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There are 35,000 superchargers in the US.
If they each sell @ 125kw/h @ profit of 5c KW/h they will make $55,000 per charger per year =$1.9bn pa - AT BEST. Chicken feed compared to company value.
If they each sell @ 125kw/h @ profit of 5c KW/h they will make $55,000 per charger per year =$1.9bn pa - AT BEST. Chicken feed compared to company value.
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
There are 35,000 superchargers in the US.
If they each sell @ 125kw/h @ profit of 5c KW/h they will make $55,000 per charger per year =$1.9bn pa - AT BEST. Chicken feed compared to company value.
If they each sell @ 125kw/h @ profit of 5c KW/h they will make $55,000 per charger per year =$1.9bn pa - AT BEST. Chicken feed compared to company value.
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Let's not forget the 4680's that Tesla produces in such great quantity, that they can only be used in their "bestseller", the Cyberflop.
Such an enormous quantity of 4680 are produced by Tesla, that the Korean (I think) company who they work with had to write off 99% of their deal.
Such an enormous quantity of 4680 are produced by Tesla, that the Korean (I think) company who they work with had to write off 99% of their deal.
January 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Let's not forget the 4680's that Tesla produces in such great quantity, that they can only be used in their "bestseller", the Cyberflop.
Such an enormous quantity of 4680 are produced by Tesla, that the Korean (I think) company who they work with had to write off 99% of their deal.
Such an enormous quantity of 4680 are produced by Tesla, that the Korean (I think) company who they work with had to write off 99% of their deal.